Brookland
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Brookland Land grant by Lord Baltimore, 1732 To present log wing, believed built in 1735, George Gale added fieldstone section c. 1781. Further additions to house were made in 19th century. Gale, born in Somerset County in 1756, served in Continental Army during Revolutionary War, was member of Maryland Convention which ratified Federal Constitution (1788) and was elected to first U.S. Congress (1789).
He died there in 1815, is buried nearby at St. Mark's church. Perryville Bicentennial Committee and Maryland Historical Society
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